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From: weimer@garden.kodak.COM (Gary Weimer (588-0953))
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: How to print man pages nicely?
Message-ID: <1991Feb21.165558.20454@ssd.kodak.com>
Date: 21 Feb 91 16:55:58 GMT
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In article <1991Feb21.155747.12018@javelin.es.com>,
pashdown@javelin.es.com (Pete Ashdown) writes:
|> 
|> I'm a bit baffled at how to get 'man' pages to typeset nicely on a
postscript
|> printer.  I've tried dinking around with troff and nroff and had very little
|> success.  Any advice?

I just use:

man <topic> | lpr

Assuming your printer can handle the highlight control characters.

|> 		"If the real Jesus Christ were to stand up today
|> 		 He'd be gunned down cold by the CIA"  - The The

I wouldn't be surprised...

weimer@ssd.kodak.com ( Gary Weimer )